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When settlers migrated west, they had to cross the | Appalachian Mountains through the Cumberland Gap |
The part of the United States that had a rural, agricultural economy in the 1800's was | the southern states |
The part of the United States that had an urban, industrialized economy in the 1800's was | the northern states |
In the 1800's, the southern United States | relied heavily on slave labor to work the plantations |
The opinion held by the southern states about the new states created out of the western territory was that | they should be slave states |
The opinion held by the northern states about the new states created out of the western territory was that | they should be free states |
During the 1800's abolitionists worked to | end slavery |
The slave who led a revolt against Virginia plantation owners in 1831 was | Nat Turner |
The Virginian who raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start a rebellion was | John Brown |
The slave who helped other slaves escape using a secret route called the "Underground Railroad" was | Harriet Tubman |
When President Lincoln called for troops to preserve the Union, Virginia responded by | seceding from the Union |
In the 1800s the eastern and western counties of Virginia were in conflict over the issue of | slavery |
In the 1800s the eastern counties of Virginia | relied on slave labor and supported slavery |
In the 1800s the western counties of Virginia | wanted to abolish slavery |
The eastern and western counties of Virginia resolved their conflict over the issue of slavery by | forming West Virginia from the western counties |
The "Confederate States of America" was formed as a separate country by the | southern states who seceded from the Union |